Evaluation of vascular patterns of cervical lymph nodes with power Doppler sonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-76

  Giovagnorio, Francesco ^a,b   Caiazzo, Rossella ^a   Avitto, Alessandra ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Doppler ultrasonography; Lymph node neoplasms; Lymphatic system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0031018526     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199702)25:2<71::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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